Almost £20,000 has been raised in just 24 hours to help a Derry family following the tragic death of two young cousins in a horror crash in Co Donegal at the weekend. Cousins Eoghán Dawson and Kían Dawson-Kirk, from Derry, were travelling in a car together when it left the road and struck a wall on the road between Quigley's Point and Carndonagh in Co Donegal on Saturday. Kían, 16, was a front seat passenger in the car and sadly died at the scene.
Eoghán, the 20-year-old driver of the vehicle, was rushed to hospital but sadly passed away later. A fundraiser set up to support the family on Tuesday afternoon has now received more than 800 individual donations over the past 24 hours, with the total amount raised nearing £20,000 by lunchtime on Wednesday. Read more: Derry family speaks of 'living nightmare' as horror crash claims second life Read more: Tributes paid to 'beautiful boy', 16, who died in Donegal road tragedy Kían's school, St Columb's College, is also set to close on Thursday as a mark of respect following the schoolboy's tragic death.
Tributes for the young cousins have poured in following the crash. Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan, writing on social media after news of Eoghán's death was confirmed by Gardaí on Tuesday, said: "Devastating news that..
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